Incredible Chicken Salad. Season with garlic salt to taste. This is a very harty salad that is packed full of flavor and nutrition. My husband and I love to make this and enjoy it with a nice glass of white Zinfandel.
It's packed with bright flavors like diced apples, grapes, almonds, and fresh herbs. Use this chicken salad recipe for sandwiches, croissants or in wraps. Or, for a low-carb option, serve it on top of a bed of salad leaves with some sliced tomatoes and avocado. You can have Incredible Chicken Salad using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Incredible Chicken Salad
- You need 1 of Whole Rotisserie baked chicken (I usually get one from Kroger already made).
- Prepare 1 cup of Green seedless grapes quartered.
- It's 1/3 cup of Diced onion.
- You need 1 cup of Salad tomatoes quartered.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Pine nuts.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Parsley.
- It's 1 pinch of Ground cloves.
- You need 1 pinch of Nutmeg.
- It's 2 pinch of Garlic powder.
- It's 1 tbsp of Ground Pepper.
- It's 1 pinch of Ground sea salt.
- You need 1/2 cup of Dried cranberries.
- Prepare 15 oz of Miracle whip.
- You need 1 tsp of Dried basil leaves.
How to Make the BEST Chicken Salad. Place the diced chicken, celery, green onions and grapes in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine. Best-Ever Chicken Salad is really the perfect go-to chicken salad for sandwiches or on top of a green salad. You could easily add crumbled bacon, or raisins, or cashews, or even mix in a little curry powder to the mayo.
Incredible Chicken Salad step by step
- Remove skin and all bones from chicken and tear meat into bite-size pieces..
- Set aside..
- In large mixing bowl, dice onion, quarter tomatoes and grapes..
- Add parsley, ground gloves, nutmeg, garlic powder, basil and miracle whip..
- Stir until blended well..
- Add chicken, pine nuts and dried cranberries..
- Mix well..
- Add salt and pepper and blend again. Taste to make sure salt and pepper is to your liking..
- Cover and refrigerate at least 3-4 hours before serving..
Of course, homemade mayo puts this salad over the top. But again, a good quality store-bought mayonnaise works perfectly well, too. Spring has sprung, and the warmer weather is making me think about cool meals like salads. I love chicken salad for days when I don't want to cook or eat a hot meal. You can whip up a batch of.